A jaybird callin' fum de pines,

A catbird chimes in, too,

'What's all dis racket fum yo' two?'

En den Ah heah dem say:

'We's callin' kase de sun am new,

En de night hab gone away.'

"De jaybird en de catbird, dey call en welcum day,

Dey's happy when de sun cum up en bathe with sumac spray.

"En all aroun' de timbeh lan'

Deh watch foh cummin' day;